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Started by FierceKitty, 08 August 2014, 02:29:47 AM

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FierceKitty

Not one new post on the board for the pre-gunpowder eras (i.e. about 90% of history). What's happening to this hobby?
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Leman

Arrow, arrow,arrow, what's all this then?
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FierceKitty

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Leman

Just to get you warmed up: did the Romans, at the time of the Carthaginian and Macedonian wars, differentiate units using tunic colours or shield colours? If so, what variety of colours did they go for?
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Duke Speedy of Leighton

What is the most common Italian hair colour too?
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FierceKitty

This looks like the sort of question that proves to be the seed of a hundred acrimonious posts on TMP.
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We don't do acrimonious. We can't spell it for one thing....
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Leman

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toxicpixie

Isn't the new race from W40k?!
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W40k? Isn't that the stuff you spray on door-hinges to stop them squeaking?
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fsn

Is the WD Arrow a pre-gunpowder missile?
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Quote from: fsn on 10 August 2014, 10:08:35 AM
Is the WD Arrow a pre-gunpowder missile?

But if you measure it in total number of people under arms? Since the invention of gunpowder, we haven't half crammed in a lot of warfare, and on a much grander scale.
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FierceKitty

Really? Measured as a % of the population?
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